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Richard Rodger是Chartaca.com公司的創始人，該公司使用核心技術PhoneGap和Node.js為客戶提供移動分析服務。在他的帶領下，公司成功開發瞭幾個大型的企業移動服務，特彆是在新聞和媒體行業。Richard以前是FeedHenry.com 的CTO，該公司提供以JavaScript為重點的雲托管移動應用程序平颱，該平颱也是基於PhoneGap和Node.js技術開發的。作為愛爾蘭沃特福德理工學院的電信軟件與服務小組的一名高級研究員，他領導的研究小組建立瞭FeedHenry核心平颱。Richard本人也是Ricebridge.com的創始人，該公司研發瞭大容量數據處理的Java組件。

Richard是Java開源社區的長期參與者，最近活動在Node.js社區，並開發瞭幾個數據庫集成和係統監控的模塊。

Richard在沃特福德理工學院取得瞭計算機科學學士學位，並在愛爾蘭都柏林三一學院取得數學和哲學學士學位。